PAGE 8, WEDNESDAy, JUNE 27, 1979, WHITBY FREE PRESS HStoriea f I Whtbyý je W. ELLIOTT, This week we return to o'utlining the lives -of some 0f the personalities who have figured prominently in Whitby's' history. One man, whose career in Whitby wiIl be well remembered by many older eitizens, is.,John William Elliott, Police Chief from 1939 to 1949 and Mayor in 1951. Mr. Elliott was born in Toronto in 1884 and spent nearly 35 years on the Toronto Police Force before coming to Whitby in August, 1939. A husky man, six feet, one inch tail and weighing 202 pounds, Mr. Ellhott was a "natural" for the police force,. * In April of 1905, at the age of 21, he joined the Toronto Policé, when rookies walked a 20-mile beat every eight hours and worked their first 12 months without aday off. After that they got one day off each month. In 1910, Mr.' Elliott was-appointed to speak for the officers before the Toronto Board of Police Commissioners, and with me aid of a committee, he persuaded the commission to grant Toronto policemen one day off each week. It was a great achievement in those days. In 1912 Mr. Eliott becamne an acting detective, and attained full rank in 1915. In 1919 he was made a detective-sergeant, which rank he held until bis retirement in November 1938. Mr. Elliott was prominently involved in a number of important criminal cases when he was with the Toronto Police. He personally solved a Bank of Hamilton robbery in 1922 after five masked thugs robbed the bank of $3,200 and fired two shots. Mr. Elliott apprehended three of the men, and recovered $2P800. Mr. Elliott also solved the murder of a Toronto druggist by a. hold-up man. After a long and eventful career with the Toronto Police, Mr. Elliott decided to retire to the small Town of Whitby where he became Chief Constable, in charge of a force of four officers. In the fail of 1939 Whitby was not known for crime, but thereý were a lot of young people with very little to do, and this could lead to trouble. Chief Elliott saw the need for some activities for the boys, so he organi'zed a basebaîl league in the spring of 1940 for the boys and became the first president of the Whitby Minor Athletic Association. Mr. Elliott had been a basebaîl player inbis youth, s0 it was natural that he took on the organization of basebaîl teams to keep down juvenile crime. In the fal0f 1940, somne of the boys came to Chief Elliott and asked him to form a hockey team. With the help 0f some interested -citizens he did, and four of the boys made the solemnn promise that they would win a championship. They were true to their word; and won the Ontario Junior Hockey Charnpionship that year. The next year, Chief Elliott organized 84 boys into a hardball 1T1E KENTUCKY FRJED CiCKEN 'IDEA NOW IT'SA'-BElTER lw mmb - lt's always made good sense to take home Kentucky Fried Chicken for your family. SQ HANDY causewhen the gang's hungry, Kentucky Fried Chicken is ready. REALLY ECONOMICAI, and it makes A NO(JRISHING MEAL, too. Yes, Kentucky Frieý. Chicken with The Colonel's fxin's and a glass of milk, makes a wholesome meal for everyone. You get A DAY OFF FROM COOKING, something you can't help but appreciate. And THERE'S NO WASTE because you order Kentucky Fried Chicken in the package size that suits your family. How's that for convenience! lYS FINGER LICKIN' GOOD! Need we say more? Ktntckyr~#del ktin Colorél Sarcles' boys and girls ne il ,"ftnger lsckin' goodý. NOW IT'S MORE ECONOMICAI THAN EVER!. Compare today's price for uncooked chicken with the price of Kentucky Fried Chicken in the right size package for your family. Then think about the preparation Urne and cookÎng costs involved with making a chicken dinner at home, to say nothing of the clean up afterwards. Compare. LYou'lI be pleasanty surprised. Goodchiluen Etmales goedi sene oth~IeîkenmVÀÎ& OVER 100 LOCATIONS IN ONTARIO -SEE VOUA PHONE BOOK FOR THEONE NEAREST YOU. league, and in the winter of 1943-44 another of his hockey teams won the Ontario Junior C championship. Whitby was almost entirely free from crime in the 1940s, and Chief Elliott was praised hghly for his efforts, especially with the youth of the town. After bis retirement as police chief for'health reasons, in September 1949, Mr. Elliott continued to be active in Whitby. He was an eIder at St. Andrew's Preshyteran church and in 1950 he served as Master of Composite Lodge f the Masons, In 1951, Mr. Elliott ran for the office of Mayor of Whitby and held the ofice for one year. His lasting contribution to the Town of Whitby when he was mayor was the establishment, of the Whitby Police Commis- Sion, which consisted of the mayor, the town clerk and the chief of police. The Whitby Police Commission was the governing body for police matters in Whitby for the next 22 years until the Durham Regional Police Forcé was formed in January_1974. Mr. Elliott did not succeed in any further polîtical activities after bis term as mayor in 1951, and a year later, he decided to move back to Toronto. In September 1952, Mr. Elliott left Whitby after residing here for 13 years. On Feb. 4, 1964, he died in Torontd at the age of 79. Bus to the pool is1 on Wednesdays' There is a change in the bus-swim schedule startîng today. The* bus-swim sehedule will be on Wednesdays instead of Saturdays during the summer holidays, Recre- ation Director Wayne DeVeau told the Operations Committee during their re- gular meeting last' week. He said the Wednesday Bus-Swim run will include he Palmerston School area and that Jack Ing, the bus owner, A'ants to see the service continue.1 Starting today, for the summer months the sche- lule is as follows,: the Bus vili pick -up passengers at )liver's Esso Station Myrtle at 1:30 p.m., Myrtle Station it 1:35 p.m., Ashburn Com- c v ( a a munity Centre at 1:40 p.'m., Spencer Community Center at 1:47 p.m., Meadowcrest School at 1 :53p.m., Brooklin Community Centre at 1:56 p.m. and Palmerston School at 2:11 p.m. then on 'to Iroquois Park. The' bus will leave Iroquois Park for the return trip to the northern areas of the Town at 4:45 p.m. Theft reportd Police , report.the theft of four tires and wheels fromn a car parked on the parking lot of the M& R Auto Body Shop on Highway 7 & 12 Manchester. The tires and wheels are valued at more than $200, Police said. CUSTODIANS HONORED ( s The three custodians at the Whitby Municipal Building'were h.onored recently by the Whitby District Council of the Boy Scouts of Canada for their service in providing a meeting place for the Scouts and a location for the annual Pinewood Derby. Holding the plaques they received are Victor Veninga, John DeJong and Charles Stewart. The three custodians were also presented with a desk pen set for their co-operation and assistance by the Whitby District Boy Scouts. JUNE2S JULY13 ONLY WINnR 5 ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE ONE SHOW EACH EVENINO FROM 7:30 peu w